Improvement in glass monuments



A. PFEIFFER.

Glass-Monument, No. 167,470, PatentedS ept. 7,1875.

ANSELM PFEIFFER,

ATENT FFI G.

or NEW YORK, NAY.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLASS MONUMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,470, datedSeptember '7, 1875 application filed July 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANsELM PFEIFFER, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Glass Monuments, of which the following is aspecification:

The figure represents one form of my improved monument. I

The object of this invention is to furnish improved monuments, whichshall be neat and tasteful in appearance, may be ornamented to anydesired extent, and which may also be used as a receptacle for flowers,wreaths. and other tokens of remembrance placed upon the grave, toprotect them from the weather.

The invention consists in a monument formed essentially of glass set ina suitable metal, wood, or stone frame-work, as hereinafter fullydescribed.

A is the base, B is the frame, and O is the top of the monument, whichmay be made of metal, wood, or stone, as may be desired. The

and which may be made in parts or pieces let into, and secured to, saidframe-work, or may be in one piece, as may be desired, reference beinghad to the size,.shape, and style of the monument.

formed in the top or side of the monument and secured, when closed, by aspring-lock, or other lock or fastening to give convenient access to itsinterior.

A small monument or other suitable device may be placed within themonument as a token of remembrance, or as a receptacle for tokens ofremembrance.

The monument may be ornamented to any desired extent.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The monument herein described, comprising the case A,body B, cap 0, and glass case D, all constructed substantially ashereframework A B 0 may be made round, ob in set forth.

long, square, or of any other desired form, and

the top 0 may be made convex or pointed, as

may be desired, or to correspond with the style of the monument. In theframe-work A B G are set g ass plates, 1), of any desired form,

ANSELM PFEIFFER.

Witnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER.

The whole or a part of the top C may be made detachable, or a door maybe

